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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)

NAWGAwards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)Personnel AwardsPurple Heart (5 on 21 June 1945 at Okinawa)

USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) at anchor, and location unknown. Note she is painted in camouflage scheme Measure 32/8x and has a PB2Y "Coronado" on her after deck.US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.